France and Spain May 2022

[Steddiguy]

Well after booking first cruises twice before and having plans cancelled (first for personal reasons and second due to coronavirus) we have put a deposit on another cruise. Third time lucky maybe? Anthem of the Seas France and Spain cruise in May 2022 from Southampton. Although after seeing the state of the country in the last 2 weeks I am starting to wonder if we will even be out of this mess by then lol (speaking as a registered nurse of 30 years). We followed the advice of cruise experts on YouTube to cruise from our home country and pick a route close to home. Also I chose this route because it visits Le Havre and I know my partner wants to visit the D-Day beaches. We will keep our eyes on the situation and if we feel it's not safe then obviously we will stay home but fingers crossed for May 2022!

[sgmn]

I'm hoping there may be cruises ex UK this summer or autumn, all be it maybe with restrictions. We haven't got anything booked and cruises ex UK are very expensive this year 

We will wait to see if the situation improves and if the prices drop before commenting ourselves. We have two lots of FCC to use before April 2022 but there typically aren't any cruises ex UK over winter with Royal Caribbean, so in reality would need to use them by October unless we travel abroad. A lot would depend on travel advice from the foreign office and if we are covered by our travel insurance company. 

 

Thank you to you and all your colleagues who are battling on the front line. My heart goes out to all of you with the huge spike in covid cases. 

Sue

[Biker19]

1 hour ago, Steddiguy said:

We followed the advice of cruise experts on YouTube

Everyone is an expert, until they're not.

 

Biker, who is sticking to his pledge to not book anything until cruising resumes to "normalcy".

[Host Kat]

11 hours ago, Steddiguy said:

... Anthem of the Seas France and Spain cruise in May 2022 from Southampton...

 

@Steddiguy

 

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[Hoopster95]

10 hours ago, Biker19 said:

Everyone is an expert, until they're not.

 

Biker, who is sticking to his pledge to not book anything until cruising resumes to "normalcy".

 

Biker has posted the above several times since the pandemic broke out back in March.

Whether you're a cruise addict or not, this has been the #1 best advice on this forum....

in my very sincere non-expert opinion.

Edited December 31, 2020 by Hoopster95

[Ourusualbeach]

24 minutes ago, Hoopster95 said:

 

Biker has posted the above several times since the pandemic broke out back in March.

Whether you're a cruise addict or not, this has been the #1 best advice on this forum....

in my very sincere non-expert opinion.

To each their own but there have been many great deals that many don’t want to pass up.  Sure, some might not sail but some might.  If you are smart in how you book them (refundable) or if you have to book NRD (suite) as long as you have room to use the potential FCC there is nothing to lose.  I’m not going to pass up some great prices and wait and then pay higher prices in the future. 

[Norwich Cruiser]

23 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

To each their own but there have been many great deals that many don’t want to pass up.  Sure, some might not sail but some might.  If you are smart in how you book them (refundable) or if you have to book NRD (suite) as long as you have room to use the potential FCC there is nothing to lose.  I’m not going to pass up some great prices and wait and then pay higher prices in the future. 

Same here good advice